Multiresponsive polymeric microstructures with encoded predetermined and self-regulated deformability

Yao, Yuxing; Waters, James T.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Cui, Jiaxi; Wang, Xiaoguang; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Li, Shucong; Balazs, Anna C.; Aizenberg, Joanna

doi:10.1073/pnas.1811823115

Title: Multiresponsive polymeric microstructures with encoded predetermined and self-regulated deformability

Journal Article · 03 December 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811823115 · OSTI ID:1610822

Yao, Yuxing ^[1]; Waters, James T. ^[2]; Shneidman, Anna V. ^[3]; Cui, Jiaxi ^[3]; Wang, Xiaoguang ^[3];

^[4]; Li, Shucong ^[3]; Balazs, Anna C. ^[2]; Aizenberg, Joanna ^[5]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Wyss Inst. for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Dynamic functions of biological organisms often rely on arrays of actively deformable microstructures undergoing a nearly unlimited repertoire of predetermined and self-regulated reconfigurations and motions, most of which are difficult or not yet possible to achieve in synthetic systems. Here, we introduce stimuli-responsive microstructures based on liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) that display a broad range of hierarchical, even mechanically unfavored deformation behaviors. By polymerizing molded prepolymer in patterned magnetic fields, we encode any desired uniform mesogen orientation into the resulting LCE microstructures, which is then read out upon heating above the nematic–isotropic transition temperature (T_N–I) as a specific prescribed deformation, such as twisting, in- and out-of-plane tilting, stretching, or contraction. By further introducing light-responsive moieties, we demonstrate unique multifunctionality of the LCEs capable of three actuation modes: self-regulated bending toward the light source at T < T_N–I, magnetic-field–encoded predetermined deformation at T > T_N–I, and direction-dependent self-regulated motion toward the light at T > T_N–I. We develop approaches to create patterned arrays of microstructures with encoded multiple area-specific deformation modes and show their functions in responsive release of cargo, image concealment, and light-controlled reflectivity. We foresee that this platform can be widely applied in switchable adhesion, information encryption, autonomous antennae, energy harvesting, soft robotics, and smart buildings.

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Research Organization:: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0005247

OSTI ID:: 1610822

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 51 Vol. 115; ISSN 0027-8424

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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